Ceredex Value Advisors
Ceredex Value Advisors has managed money for institutions, endowments, foundations, and high-net-worth investors since 1995. The firm seeks dividend-paying companies that possess positive price appreciation catalysts at attractive valuations.
Traditional value investing. Unique approach.
The firm strives to marry the art and science of investing to better serve our clients with consistent financial results through a variety of market conditions. Portfolio managers and analysts collaborate to execute on bottom-up, company-by-company research, seeking to identify catalysts in undervalued, dividend-paying stocks when constructing value-oriented portfolios.
Mutual Funds
Investment Professionals

Mills Riddick, CFA
Chief Investment Officer, Executive Managing Director, Portfolio Manager
Industry Start Date: 1982
Mr. Riddick joined Ceredex in 1989 through its predecessor firm, SunBank Capital Management. He started in a lead client service role with portfolio management responsibilities, including for the Large Cap Value strategy. In 1995, he was named sole portfolio manager of the strategy and head of the Value Equity Team. Mr. Riddick has been instrumental in crafting the firm’s investment philosophy, assembling the value equity investment team, and leading the transition to Ceredex becoming an independently managed firm in 2008.
Mr. Riddick began his financial career in 1980, joining Peat Marwick as a certified public accountant. He began his investment career as a financial consultant with Bache in 1982.
Mr. Riddick graduated cum laude from Florida State University with a B.S. in accounting, and achieved the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation in 1981. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®) charterholder since 1992. He has worked in investment management since 1982.

Don Wordell is a managing director and portfolio manager with Ceredex Value Advisors, an affiliate of Virtus Investment Partners. His primary responsibilities are managing the Ceredex Mid-Cap Value Equity and Ceredex Small Cap Value Equity strategies.
Mr. Wordell has been with Ceredex since 1996, starting with its predecessor firm, STI Capital Management, as a research analyst covering value equity strategies. He was appointed portfolio manager of the Mid-Cap Value Equity strategy in 2001 and portfolio manager of the Small Cap Value Equity strategy in 2023.
Mr. Wordell is a graduate of the University of Central Florida, where he earned both a B.S. in finance and an M.B.A. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®) charterholder since 2004. He began working in investment management in 1996.

Mr. Barner started with Ceredex in 1990, initially working for its predecessor firm, SunBank Capital Management, as a client portfolio manager and equity analyst. In 1995, he was named portfolio manager of the Small Cap Value strategy.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Barner was a financial consultant for Drexel Burnham and Shearson Lehman Brothers, managing client portfolios.
Mr. Barner graduated cum laude from the University of Central Florida, earning a B.S. in business administration with a concentration in finance. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®) charterholder since 1993. He has worked in investment management since 1985.

Jennifer Graff, CFA, is a managing director and portfolio manager at Ceredex Value Advisors, an investment management affiliate of Virtus Investment Partners. She serves as a portfolio manager of the firm’s Large Cap Value and Concentrated Large Cap Value Equity strategies.
In 2001, Ms. Graff joined Trusco Capital Management, Ceredex Value Advisors’ predecessor firm, as research analyst covering the industrial and materials sectors. Ms. Graff earned a B.A. in psychology from the University of Central Florida. She has been a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®) charterholder since 2003.

Charles E. Carter, CFA
Managing Director, Portfolio Manager, Senior Research Analyst
Industry Start Date: 2001
Charles Carter is a managing director, portfolio manager, and senior research analyst at Ceredex Value Advisors, an affiliate of Virtus Investment Partners. His primary responsibilities include managing the Ceredex Small Cap Value Equity strategy and covering the consumer discretionary and consumer staples sectors.
Mr. Carter has been with Ceredex since 2004, initially starting with its predecessor firm, Trusco Capital Management. Previously, he was manager of investor relations at CNL Income Corp., a real estate holding company. He began his investment career at Credit Suisse First Boston as a sell-side equity research associate covering the media industry.
Mr. Carter earned a B.S. in management from Georgia Institute of Technology. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®) charterholder since 2006.

Cody P. Smith, CFA
Managing Director, Portfolio Manager, Senior Research Analyst
Industry Start Date: 2004
Cody Smith is a managing director, portfolio manager, and senior research analyst at Ceredex Value Advisors, an affiliate of Virtus Investment Partners. His primary responsibilities include managing the Ceredex Mid-Cap Value Equity strategy and covering the healthcare and technology sectors.
Mr. Smith joined Ceredex in 2007, initially starting with its predecessor firm, Trusco Capital Management. He began his investment career in 2004, working as a research analyst at Piper Jaffrey covering the medical device sector.
Mr. Smith is a graduate of Drake University with a B.S.B.A. in finance and a minor in mathematics. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®) charterholder since 2009.
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